I am going to suggest that first of all backup all your important data using Knoppix Live CD (www.knoppix.net), download the ISO and burn as an image on a CD. Then transfer your data to an external USB flash drive.

Warturtle. By the way.. 3x did the windows repair... Ran Malwarebytes it gave almost 200 hits QUICKLY and then quarantined ?? then computer would not reboot so had to do repair 2x more and same problem.. I used the repair procedure on the Microsoft site... will look at above link..

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If the Windows Repair doesn't work for you, then there is yet another option which is to scan with Dr Web Cure It Live CD: http://www.freedrweb.com/livecd/ . You need to download the ISO and burn as an image on a CD. Then you need to boot your system using this CD and scan for viruses using the Dr Web scanner. Do let us know, what infections you find.

If it finds infections, then you can 'Select all' and 'Cure'. Anything that can be cured will be, otherwise deleted. Might resolve the issue if there are still viruses in your PC, because MalwareBytes is an antispyware but not a replacement for the antivirus.

Windows repair worked 3x but then running malwarebytes and it finished scanning and proceeding to next step the computer would not reboot into windows.. thus another repair SO perhaps this Dr Web Cure It Live will work but at this point I am tempted to try VIPRE from Sunbelt as it has some good ratings and they offer free support.

Do VIPRE have a live CD as well and have you bought that?? I am asking because as far as I understand you cannot logon to the PC and so installing VIPRE from Sunbelt would not be possible then, unless its a Live CD and will run the antivirus scans from the CD itself (like Dr Web).

Hi, I can log onto the PC now but I simply will not run Malwarebytes but instead will intall VIPRE and scan with it.. I also have the options of the online scans of Trend micro and Bitdefender which are able to remove the malware found. I wonder what to do now ?

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